Downs High School - Dee Yearbook (Downs, IL)

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Class offlcers elected durmg our four years of school were Presldent V Pres1dent Sec Treas Stu Councll Rpr Class Sponsor Presldent V Presldent Sec Treas Rpr FRESHMAN Beverly Clarke Burl Baker Joan Vogel Beverly Clarke Frleda Hexdelberg Mr Schultz J UNICR Frleda Heldelberg Beverly Clarke Patrlcla Wltzxg Donald Wagner Class Sponsors Mrs Schultz Mr Knott SOPHOMOR E Dresldent Joan Vogel V Presldent Burl Baker Sec Treas Melvm Dewey Stu Councll Donald Wagner Rpr Beverly Clarke Class Sponsor Mr Adams SENIOR Presldent Donald Wagner V Presldent Frleda Hexdelberg Sec Treas Beverly Clarke Rpr All Semors Class Sponsors Mrs Bandy Mr Ohmart -- In the year 1964 the class of 53 took a tr1p to the moon by plane To our surprlse who should serve us our f1rst meal but the former Pat wltzlg We were surprlsed to fmd out that she had been marr1ed to Gary Crosby but she dlvorced hun for non support That evenmg after dmner we had a mce long chat wlth Pat Before we knew xt we were dlscussmg the days when she was a semor at D C H S Flrst we asked about Frleda Heldelberg one of her former classmates To our dlsappomtment she had not marr1ed Gordon Clausen, the boy she was engaged to 1n her semor year but broke the engagement after he left for the Natxonal Guard and marr1ed B111 Phelps another former classmate We found that they are now l1v1ng 1n Chma w1th an add1t1on of ten chlldren We were mformed that they had at one tlme owned a Chop Suey Restaurant but thelr ten chlldren ran them out of busmess When we reached the moon Pat bade us good by but asked us to fxmsh our d1s cusslon on the way back to earth As we stepped from the plane who should we see runmng around m clrcles but Burl Baker also one of the graduates of 52 Whlle we stood there watchmg wlth amazement the former Beverly Clarke now Burl s wlfe came and stood beslde us She mformed us he was terr1bly slck from eatmg too much green cheese but Just wouldn't leave lt alone They had marr1ed on the earth just two years after they graduated, but Burl wasn't the type to work, so as to support her When he found that they could l1ve on the moon and get out of paymg taxes, they moved there rlght away After spendmg a week on the moon, we bade good by to Burl and Beverly and went back to our plane As we started back to earth, we counted up the graduates of 52 and found, much to our surprlse, that there was only one of them that we hadn't mentxoned or ' . , Stu. Council .............. Burl Baker Stu. Council' ........ ...... B url Baker I ,,,,.:17 .....,, ,i . , .- mu., - my ' Lt. l --- Y l .eifri Tr, Il VY ' , . . . ' , . , .... , . . . Y . . ! 7 , . - x , . y - . . . - , . . . IV II ' ' ' , . , . . . , . . , . , . .

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lwphzcy, com d seen on the trlp We asked Pat what had become of Don Wagner She mformed us that Don l1v'ed m Shangha1 and spent most of hxs tlme flshmg at the waterfront Someone m the group asked lf he had ever marrled a.nd she told the sad story of hrs berng a bachelor because the one and only from hlgh school days Uanet Rommel declded she dldn t want h1m as badly as she thought After all the fun and excxtement we dreaded the fact of returnmg home We bade Pat good by w1shed her luck 1n her Job as a1r stewardess and thanked her for the wonderful t1me we had on our tr1p WILL X X S We the Semor Class of 1952 Vlllage of Downs State of Illmols about to leave our great hrgh school wxth the greatest rntelllgence the best of wxshes and the appre clatxon of help shown us by our faculty and schoolmates declare ourselves able to carry on our dutles and make thls our last and fmal w1ll We leave to the faculty our good behavlor and do W hereby hope that they w1ll mstruct other students of Downs Hlgh f J School from our behavlor ff I To the .Tumors we leave our caps and gowns 1' f I! 1n order that they w1ll be properly robed for the1r commencement We leave them wlth the hope that they will be surted ln all ways for them and w 111 be as happy 1n them as we To the Sophomores we leave our good conduct m 1n1t1at1ng the Freshmen We know you don t need It but we don t need such a tra1t anymore and hope you w1ll make good use of It To the Freshmen we leave our happmess behrnd us w1th the hope that they w1ll carry xt on through thelr commg years To Mrs Vercler we leave our studlous effort and all our answered ques f t1ons We know no other class could take part ln drscussxon as we d1d To Mrs Swanstrom we w1ll our ab1l1ty to talk loud and dlstmctly and al ways come to class prepared To Mr Ohmart we w1ll our ab1l1ty to recelve a report card and dlploma and smlle graclously To Mrs Bandy we w1ll our ab1l1ty to never say you all mn a mockm way To Mrs Dunn we wxll our ab1l1ty to smg and hope that she uses nt as well as we d1d To Mr Knott we, the Semor boys, w1ll our It abrhty to help wm all our basketball games and carry home a b1g tro phy fr o m the State Tournament .T w 5 . , . . , . l - , . . . . - i, no rv g i .f Q 9 l 7 I i Y ' ' 7 U . 1 9 1 ' 7 . . . a 0 U i --Q . K .4 Z . , . ' . . . I 9 7 . . . . o U S15 - - - ov iv ' ' v . . . . J ' of . . 1 W . . 4 . 1 i